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Security news3 April 2003
Sophos makes it easy for OEMs and ISPs to get savvy against viruses
Latest version of Sophos Anti-Virus Interface released
Sophos, a world leader in anti-virus solutions for businesses, today announced that it has more than doubled its strategic partner network over the past year to a total of 100, as a result of the company's continued commitment to partner development. In addition, Sophos announces the immediate availability of version 3 of its third-party integration product, Sophos Anti-Virus Interface (SAVI-3). Built upon the suggestions of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners, SAV Interface offers new ways to scan, improved resilience against attack and threat reduction capabilities whilst remaining fully backwards-compatible for Sophos's existing OEM and ISP partners.
Features in the new version of SAV Interface include the following:
- New ways to scan, including directly from memory. This is especially useful for network services, which can start scanning as soon as the first bytes of a transaction arrive, instead of spooling the transaction to disk and then scanning.
- Improved resilience against attack. Deliberately malformed emails and zipbombs have become common weapons amongst the counter-culture. SAVI-3 provides additional control over zipbombs and similar denial of service attacks.
- File classification. SAVI-3 reports back not just the presence or absence of viruses, but also the types of object which were processed during the scan (e.g. ZIP, tar, gzip, MIME). This can be used to implement threat reduction mechanisms by blocking certain files by type.
- Full backwards compatibility. The new SAVI-3 release still supports the SAVI-2-style interface. So partners who already have SAVI-compliant software or hardware can move on to the new interface at their leisure.
"Sophos has a long history as anti-virus specialists," said Nimmity Zappert, Sophos's Strategic Partnerships Manager in Sydney. "Rather than trying to be everything to everybody, Sophos chooses to partner with other security specialists to provide best-of-breed solutions for the specific needs of a particular environment. Australian partners such as myinternet Ltd, Tel.net Media and MailGuard are using Sophos's high-quality technology to enhance their products and services, and the new improvements to SAV Interface mean that integration is now easier than ever."
More information about SAV Interface.
About Sophos
Sophos enables enterprises all over the world to secure and control their IT infrastructure. Sophos's network access control, endpoint, web and email solutions simplify security to provide integrated defenses against malware, spyware, intrusions, unwanted applications, spam, policy abuse, data leakage and compliance drift. With over 20 years of experience, Sophos protects over 100 million users in nearly 150 countries with its reliably engineered security solutions and services. Recognized for its high level of customer satisfaction and powerful yet easy-to-use solutions, Sophos has received many industry awards, as well as positive reviews and certifications.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com
